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Hopefully there's a points deduction for cheating heading their way too.

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There'll be some sore arms at the BBC after all the turd polishing they've been doing for the last 4 weeks.

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4midable wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:40 am
Best player of all time

It's a bit early for that - he's only had one good season in the Championship.

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The ref's determined not to spoil the diversity derby isn't he? Two studs-up challenges now from Gordon.

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If the presenters carry on in the same fashion for 90 minutes, I reckon the commentary box will be ankle deep in their love for Pep by the end of the game.

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x_191934.jpg Not a word about any of that during the commentary (this is just the bit the stewards aren't able to quickly clean up - it was happening all the way across the stand). Imagine what would happen if the bottom 5 rows of the CFS lobbed detritus as Spurs players all game when we play them...

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What's in the blue thing that just got lobbed at the keeper?

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Everything being thrown at Spurs is aimed at a player, not the pitch. I wonder if anything slightly heavier than you'd expect is wrapped up in any of the 100 or so paper balls that have been thrown on so far?

When does it go from being OK to not OK?

Are plastic glasses OK to throw at players?

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Lots being thrown on whenever Utd players get near the corner flags. Or the goal line. Check out the detritus building up in and behind the goal line where the stewards can't quickly get it cleaned up. Not a peep out of the commentators. It all appears to be scrunched up paper but I guess we won't k...

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How is it totally different? Last time I checked it had the same rules England schoolboys play by exactly the same rules and would probably give the Lionesses a good game. We don't have to pretend that their manager could be next in line to replace Gareth Southgate though. I hope they win on Sunday...

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Why would anyone want to drink a pre poured pint? Even Accy Stanley have the fast pouring pint machines. It's lager in a plastic glass so unlikely to affect the quality and I'll take the hit if it avoids an unnecessary queue. And we have more people queuing for beer in the CFS at 35 minutes into th...

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Nothing seemed to be different in the CFS apart from the price. I’m surprised that they didn’t relocate the main bar to the dead space where the partition is with an obvious opportunity to get people to queue up without blocking access to the toilets and other areas. For me that’s a no brainier and...

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Once we've delivered a safe standing area, maybe the club should think about a quiet seating area? Perhaps enclose a section of the Bob Lord stand in soundproof glass and pipe classical music in during the game?

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:12 pm
Definitely beats booing your own players I suppose.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... ln-munich/

When have Burnley fans ever booed the first appearance of a new signing?

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1689305747178565632

Available to buy now.

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This one could drag in the professionally offended on here.

It would be quite good - but the Manc accent ruins it.

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Our public sector is an utter shambles. Councils, NHS, Blue Light, education, civil engineering. All bloated, inefficient, expensive, underperforming shite. HS2...I think we're up to about 2040 now in terms of when whatever is left of it gets finished. China offered to build all of it in 5 years. ht...

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I'm going to stick my neck out here, with absolutely nothing to back it up and say that Ashley Barnes would not tarnish his legacy here by signing for them just for a few extra grand a week. No chance.

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This board’s starting to resemble a Reddit thread full of awkward hysterical near suicidal sci fi type fans who still live with their mum . The Tella thing is a bit of a giggle , totally harmless ,and if anyone is precious enough to think anyone outside of Burnley /Soton gives an flying feck they r...

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So this thread is fine, but threads about Josh Brownhill's ears get pulled (the thread not his ears). Of course you're all associating Centrica with British Gas. What you actually mean is Centrica Retail (UK) which "only" made a profit of £72 million in 2022 (expected to go up this year). The majori...

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I like it.

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They can only buy players though. And those players can disappear into (very wealthy) obscurity for the duration of their contracts. We won't be seeing them play in any of the competitions that matter against any level of decent opposition. In fact we won't be seeing them play full stop because nobo...

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jedi_master wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:54 am
I certainly don't wish absolute financial ruin for them, but I think it would be really good for their fans to understand their place in the world by suffering a couple of decades in League One/Two. That's all I ask really, just to make them more humble.

I do.

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I don't like collars on football shirts so I'll pin my hopes on the away shirts.

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They've also signed Danny Drinkwater, Peter Crouch, Jon Walters and Dale Stephens. I don't think it's unreasonable to be skeptical about signing a player over 30 who hasn't played for a year because of injury.

Let's see if we sign him and how he plays if we do.

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If you let them know, the fitter should have (or bring if you go for the mobile option) a kit to get them off by brute force (at a cost).

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If this squashes more people into tighter bands, does that mean the potential for more ballots when we get small away allocations?

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Burnley Ace wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:51 pm
There will come a time when SA apply to join UEFA and play in European competitions and have domestic teams in Euro leagues. They will offer UEFA 100 billion or however much they want.

I bet you a pint that no team from Saudi Arabia win a European cup competition in the next 30 years.

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Question . Some one said at work that players at all premiership clubs have to pay for their shirts if they give them away at the end of the game or othewrwise Any truth in this do you think ???????? Sorry Erling, only £199,950 in your pay packet this week, we've knocked off £50 for the shirt you c...

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kentonclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:06 pm
That’s what a lot of people thought about LIV Golf until a year or so later they swallowed up the PGA.

I'll stand by and wait for the Saudi league and the Premier League to merge in that case.

Nobody watched LIV golf. Nobody will watch the Saudi league.

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It's a dream come true for the players. Top money with zero pressure.

Nobody will watch it though.

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No history, no tradition and importantly no supporters giving the players s*** if they don't give 100% for the shirt. Glorified exhibition leage that nobody will care about.

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This sums it up nicely. And the 40% price rise is seemingly accurate- by 2030.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9144 ... 355afcca0c

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Sproggy. I’ve never heard of external and internal dividends. Would you be kind enough to enlighten me as to what the difference is please? Internal dividends are payments between holding companies in the group, whereas external dividends are the type you're more familiar with. Thames claim that th...

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TW is apparently £14 billion in debt and hasn’t paid out a dividend** for six years. **External dividend. They still managed to pay £70,000,000 "internal dividends" in the last 2 years. In a wonderful gesture, the CEO turned down the £500,000 performance related bonus this year (she took it last ye...

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:48 pm
Lauren Laverne, Jo Whiley, Jack Sanders et al have been awful. Gushing over every performance.

I've been watching via iPlayer....there's no commentary on there.

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TWOD have somehow passed me by so this is the first time I've heard them. Excellent so far.

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Editors are live now on Woodsies stage. Excellent so far.

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ChrisG wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:56 am
Rick Astley and Blossoms doing The Smiths. Absolutely superb set.

Yep. Tuned into that expecting a car crash and really enjoyed it. When you lay the songs out like that, the Smiths back catalogue is superb. And Blossoms are seriously talented musicians.

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Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 24, 2023 12:06 pm
I await to be massively disappointed with Guns n Roses

I reckon set your expectations quite low for this one, that way you'll be less disappointed.

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The wife's just asked if they've been playing cruise ships for the last couple of years.

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This sounds like an Arctic Monkeys cover band that play posh weddings.

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I've been to the landing beaches of Normandy, and many of the military cemeteries there as I felt it's something I had to do out of respect. Does that make me a "tourist oggling a mass grave site"? We know nothing about the people lost on that sub, some may have some sort of connection to the decea...

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evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:17 am
An interesting view.
Those rich people getting their comeuppance, eh?

Well at a million quid a pop it was unlikley to be a group of friends from Stoops was it?

And its more a point about tourists oggling mass grave sites for fun. But whatever.

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Debris found. Landing frame and rear cover. The only good news from that is that it would have been quick.

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I agree that if there is going to be anything, it needs to come from the banks. They sold the mortgage. It's a minefield for government to step in with mortgage top-ups.

Supermarket profits are falling - not sure they can shoulder too much of the blame (profits are still high however).

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Noticed that Ed Davey is highlighting his idea of a mortgage protection fund of up to £300 per month. It’s an interesting policy and whilst they won’t get in power it maybe that the Labour Party come up with something similar as a solution (or even in a coalition this is one of the ideas they adopt...

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2 miles down, 96 hours oxygen on board.

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So, apart from the gridlocked traffic on the way down, the poor sound quality, the disappointing set list, the extortionate drinks prices, the inefficient bar staff and the long queues to get back on the motorway at the end, it was pretty good?

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Not sure what the issue is. Get the train back to Manchester, you'll be in bed before midnight.

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